Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to the Senate floor, Thursday, to shine a spotlight on the kidnapping of three Israeli teens in the West Bank by members of the terrorist group Hamas. Cruz declared that “the full weight of the world should bear down on Hamas” until they return the kidnapped Israeli teens.

Senator Cruz noted a report in the Israeli media that identified the two key suspects in the abduction.

“These two individuals are members of Hamas, a vicious terrorist organization that seeks Israel’s destruction and has launched thousands of rockets into Israel, killing innocent civilians. Those rockets have also killed dozens of Americans in Israel. Now they have kidnapped three schoolboys.  Sadly, this is business as usual for Hamas. This is the same terrorist organization with which the Palestinian Authority recently joined in a so-called “unity” government.”

 “There can be no more illusions that Hamas has any role in any future government formed by the Palestinian Authority.  They must not receive any further recognition or legitimization. Hamas is a violent terrorist organization ready and eager to brutalize the most innocent. Hamas is a terrorist organization that kidnaps three innocent school boys.

 “Hamas, give the boys back. Hamas, give those boys back now. The full weight of the world should bear down on Hamas to give them back safely and immediately. If they do not, we should use all of the available means to stand unequivocally with Israel for however long it takes to find these boys and to bring them home. These are teenagers who were targeted for who they are, who have done no wrong, who have done nothing that comes near to deserving what has happened to them that day while waiting at the bus stop to go home from school.”